Ishraqat Kanoon

Ishraqat Kanoon (Arabic: إشراقة كانون) is an Islamic political party in Iraq.[1] The party contested in 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election for the first time and won 6 seats.[2] In 2022, it gained an additional seat.[3] The party is associated with the Al-Abbas Shrine in Karbala[1] and is believed to be associated with the Najaf clergy.[4] The party attempts to merge secular civil and Islamic values.[5] It got 100,374 votes or 1.13 % of the total votes in the 2021 election.[6] The party emerged from the Tishreen activist movement, and faced challenges in impacting Iraq's power structure due to repression, internal divisions, and being absorbed by established political factions.[7]

It won 2 seats each from Babil and Karbala governorate, 1 seat from both the Baghdad and Al Qadisiyyah governorates.[6]

In the Council of Representatives of Iraq, the party formed a bloc of ten MPs, including 4 Independents to form the Ishraqa Bloc.[8]

Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2021 100,374 1.13%
6 / 329
 New 14th
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  2. ^ Alinejad, A. Conversation with Masih. "Electoral Law: Signaling a Short-Lived Run for Iraq's Independent MPs?". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  3. ^ Freedom House. Freedom in the World 2023: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (May 20, 2024). p. 561.
  4. ^ EPIC (2021-10-14). "ISHM: OCTOBER 7 - OCTOBER 14, 2021". EPIC - Enabling Peace in Iraq Center. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  5. ^ "Shia Clerics in Iraq Haven't Lost Their Authority". The Century Foundation. 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  6. ^ a b https://ihec.iq/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86.pdf
  7. ^ van Veen, Erwin. Armed Organizations and Political Elites in Civil Wars: Pathways to Power in Syria and Iraq (Routledge Studies in Civil Wars and Intra-State Conflict). Routledge; 1st edition (June 3, 2024). p. 138.
  8. ^ "العراق.. 10 نواب مستقلين يشكلون تكتلا سياسيا جديدا". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-08-28.